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Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Season 2 Adds New Maps, Modes and More as Warzone Gets a Snowy Refresh

Call of Duty Blacks Ops 7 Season 2 has been detailed, and there’s an insane amount of content to dig into, with new content in Endgame, new multiplayer maps and modes and yes, new Zombies content too!

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With one major villain seen off, a new one rises from the ashes – namely Victoria Atwood, a ruthless and ambitious scientist who’s in charge of making all of that lovely Guild technology. There’s an enormous amount of detail over on the Call of Duty blog, but to keep things simple, here’s the skinny of what’s coming across Endgame, Multiplayer and Zombies in Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Season 2, courtesy of the lovely folks at Activision. Oh, and Warzone is getting a snowy refresh…and is just me, or was there a little Blackout tease at the end there?

Warzone

Rebirth Island Winter Refresh: Season 02 opens on a snow-covered Rebirth Island now under Guild control. New structures, including the Turbine point of interest, along with terrain and layout changes tied to expanded faction operations, reshape familiar routes and introduce new areas of focused combat across the island.

Rebirth Island Gameplay Features: Seasonal gameplay updates layer new mechanics onto Rebirth Island, including visible footprints in deep snow, Dynamic Infil Events such as gas explosions, a Snowstorm Gas Circle, classic Blueprint weapon loot hidden across the map, a Smoke Screen Killstreak, and refined vehicle routes that support faster rotations and aggressive play.

Modes, Playlists, and Ranked Play: Resurgence: Season 02 delivers a full line-up of Call of Duty: Warzone modes across Verdansk, Haven’s Hollow, and Rebirth Island, including the launch of Ranked Play: Resurgence. Compete in Trios on Haven’s Hollow under a refined, CDL-inspired ruleset to climb Skill Divisions and earn exclusive rewards.

Limited-Time Modes and Competitive Experiments: Multiple LTMs arrive throughout the season, including Loaded Resurgence, Rush Resurgence, Extreme Resurgence, and a special Iron Gauntlet Beta. These modes accelerate pacing, increase player counts, or introduce high-stakes competitive rulesets designed to test skill, decision-making, and adaptability.

Perks, Killstreaks, and In-Season Systems: Season 02 refreshes the Perk system with new Slot 1 options at launch as well as new Killstreaks. Mid-season introduces a brand-new Battle Royale experience and the arrival of the Avalon map in Call of Duty: Warzone.

Endgame

Guild Strikes: Alden Dorne unleashes hell across Avalon in a last-ditch effort to eradicate the JSOC teams. Surprise strikes may occur throughout Avalon, transforming a location into a Nightmare Zone, ensuring no match is the same. These zones have increased difficulty and a Strike Boss that can be defeated for high-tier rewards.

New Skill Track and Abilities: Season 02 introduces the Eagle Eye Skill Track, focused on precision, critical damage, and weapon efficiency. Mid-Season, players can unlock two new Abilities — Sentinel Protocol and Blood Burner — adding powerful support and traversal options to Endgame Operator loadouts.

Glitches (Mid-Season): After defeating a Strike Boss, a Glitch will appear: a mysterious, repeatable, off-map experience where you and up to three others need to survive six waves and defeat the Glitch boss to acquire Nightmare Skills.

Multiplayer:

Multiplayer Maps: The Multiplayer map pool expands with a huge selection of brand-new and returning favorites. Launch maps include Torment, Sake, Nexus, and the remastered Slums, while the Mid-Season adds Torque, Cliff Town (a reimagined Yemen), Mission: Peak, and the return of Grind and Firing Range.

Multiplayer Modes: A wide lineup of modes arrives throughout the season, led by returning favorites like Safeguard and Overdrive. In-Season additions include limited-time modes such as Luck Confirmed, Solo Hearts Moshpit, and Third Wheel Gunfight, with Gauntlet and Infected coming Mid-Season.

Black Ops 7 Ranked Play: Ranked Play returns as the definitive competitive experience for Black Ops 7, launching with the same rules, modes, maps, and Loadout restrictions as the CDL. Win 3 Placement Matches to receive a starting Rank and then earn SR (Skill Rating) after matches to progress your Rank. Unlock Ranked Play rewards such as Rank Skins, Rank Camos, Blueprints, and more by climbing the Ranks and racking up wins. Competitive integrity features keep matches fair and competitive.

New Scorestreak and Multiplayer Events: Jump into Multiplayer-focused Events offering new Weapon Blueprints, with a special Camo-focused Event allowing players to earn multiple Camos across all weapon classes. In the Mid-Season, earn the Lockshot Scorestreak — a smart pistol that locks onto and eliminates multiple targets at once.

Zombies:

New Survival Map: Mars: The fourth Survival map drops players into an ancient temple buried beneath the sands of the red planet. Fight through relentless waves where players face the culmination of the Astra Malorum Main Quest, accessing helpful machines, one with Wonder Weapon potential, and push into deep rounds to earn unique rewards.

Zombies Modes: Cursed Survival and Starting Room: Fresh Zombies modes arrive at launch, each testing survival skills in different ways. Cursed Survival challenges players across all Survival maps with a pistol start, limited HUD, and a BO3-inspired points system, while Starting Room traps crews in a sealed map entrance where endurance and skill are the keys to unlocking rewards.

Mid-Season Round-Based Map and New GobbleGum: The narrative deepens in the Mid-Season as the crew’s fate after Astra Malorum leads them toward the new Round-Based Zombies map Paradox Junction, as well as a new Scorestreak, and the new Turncoat GobbleGum, allowing nearby zombies to fight on your behalf.

Zombies Events: Expect multiple Zombies-focused Events, including Mars Survival and Dead Ops Arcade Leaderboard Events that reward players based on their Highest Round Reached (Survival) and High Score (DOA 4). Compete to earn Universal Camos, Weapon Blueprints, and other rewards, with a special Camo-focused Event allowing multiple Camos across all weapons!

All of this is of course just skimming the surface of Season 2, and there’s a bunch more detail to consume over at the Call of Duty Blog. From weapons, skins, and battlepass details, not to mention some hints towards the Season 2 Reloaded content due to drop during the window. If you’re still playing Black Ops 7, there’s plenty to look forward to!

Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Season 2 launches on Thursday, February 5th at 9AM PT across all platforms.

Jon "Sikamikanico" Clarke

Stuck on this god-forsaken island. Father of two, wishes he could play more games but real life always gets in the way. Prefers shorter and often smarter experiences, but Halo is King.

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